Research
Biomedical Engineering is an exciting and fast-moving field with ever-changing boundaries. Here at Northwestern we are pushing those boundaries in a number of interrelated areas.
Faculty members and students are active in developing novel technologies and capabilities across a host of technically challenging fields in biomedical engineering, as well as other scientific disciplines>.
Fundamental Research Areas and Medical Applications
In each area of research, our faculty target multiple medical applications.
Research Areas | Cancer | Cardiovascular | Drug Discovery and Delivery | Global Health | Rehabilitation | Vision |
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Biomechanics | ||||||
Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering | ||||||
Cell and Molecular Engineering | ||||||
Computational Biomedical Engineering | ||||||
Imaging and Biophotonics | ||||||
Medical Devices and Instrumentation | ||||||
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Northwestern Scholars
To find out more about biomedical engineering faculty research, visit Northwestern Scholars, a searchable database of expertise across all disciplines a Northwestern University.